Skip to main content

What To Do First to Make a Profit

The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat  ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're  not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director.  Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year.  God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
Post a Comment

Three Dog Night


Larry and all of the kids are at youth convention.  I'm not lonely -- I'm home with the three dogs, playing, working, resting, sleeping...in fact here we were watching TV last night.  They all make themselves right at home on our king size bed.  Usually it's just Max and Maddie on there but since Dustin is gone this weekend I have Kayte, or as I call her:  Kayte-kins, Kayte-koo, Kayte-koo-koo...doesn't take me long to create nicknames for people and pets that I love.
 
The dogs keep me company and also keep me safe.  A man came to the door the other day trying to sell me a new home alarm system.  When the three dogs bounded up to the door he looked scared to death.  I told him we already had  a great alarm system.   :)  He agreed. 

Lots of people have been giving me feedback on the True Church Stories series I've been sharing here on the blog.  I'm going to be back with more on Monday!  Stay tuned as I share three more Monday - Wednesday and then I'll have some special posts for Thanksgiving.  I'll probably return to more church stories again after that.  I've got so many, they are pretty much inexhaustible.  There's 23 years more waiting in the queue, so just sit tight because more are on the way.  You'll laugh,  you'll cry, it will become a part of you.  :)

While the rest of the family is gone I've been enjoying QUIET.   I've been getting a cabinet or drawer here or there organized.  I've been getting some food dishes prepared for the weekend for the Celebration Church Thanksgiving Dinner this weekend and also for our work day on Monday.  I love to cook, especially when I can do it at my own pace and have a quiet house to do so.

I have a lot to be grateful for...and as I close today I thought I'd share five things:

1)  Iced tea.  I think  God put it on earth just for me.  I drink several glasses (of unsweeted) a day, usually with lime.
2)   Oil of Oregano .  Thank you to my friend Rhonda Flint for recommending essential oils to me.  I've just had a spot on my foot heal up that has been hurting for 6 months that never got better until I put Oil of Oregano on it!  Amazing.
3)  Being under the covers on a cold morning.  Each day it's going to get colder now and I am just loving it!  Soon it will be smores weather.
4)  Turkey burgers.  I really love them.  (Really!  I'm not just talking myself into it.)
5)  This stuff called Barlean's Essential Woman.  It seems to be helping me with my peri-menopausal symptoms.  Just thought I'd pass that along.  (I take the softgels, not the liquid.)
Labels:

Comments

Lisa N Alexander said…
FYI, Elgin has been loving your True Church Stories. He says he now knows he's not crazy!
8:05 AM
Dr. Deanna DossShrodes said…
Oh honey, he are NOT crazy! He's simply pastored for enough time to be fully initiated. Dear Lord, now where's that situation room, cause I need it!!! :) LOL
11:16 AM
Lisa N Alexander said…
LOL! LOL!
6:47 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Some people will never understand this...

And that's okay. Just let us be as we lavish love upon the fur-kids of the world. It doesn't mean we don't care about people. We do care. In fact most of the people I know who are great pet lovers are also the greatest philanthropists. If you're not a dog lover, you might not understand the overwhelming intensity that many of us felt about Tank's reunion this past week. You might think we've lost our marbles. That's okay, we think you've lost your heart. ;)  Before I go on with this post, let me say that we were delighted that CBS 10 posted the video and article about Tank and his Celebration Church reunion yesterday. Click here to watch it. (But then come back!) If you haven't realized it, there is a revolution in America about dogs. Dogs have always been loved and known as the most loyal companions ~ "man's best friend". But things have gone way beyond this. Dogs aren't just dogs or friends anymore. They are family me...
3 comments
Read more

What To Do First to Make a Profit

The PF Women Team at our Annual Team Retreat  ~ 2018 Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said: It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way. Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're  not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director.  Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year.  God has done amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory! I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started i...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sisterhood Rises Up To Change Lives Forever

God is in the business of preserving families. It is His heart. It's my heart too. And, I'll unabashedly say here that I believe it should be everyone's heart. Everyone likes good news and I've got some for you today. If you are in doubt that God still speaks today and that He uses people to accomplish His work, I pray this will speak to you. Last night I was sitting in service at Celebration Church where we are pastors, and my husband was preaching. His message was about what we want to be remembered for in life, and he made the statement that we can't change our past but we can change the future.  In that moment, God spoke to me. He began to give me my next post for Lost Daughters, where I'm also a blogger. To be honest it's more than just another place where I blog. It's a sisterhood. A lifeline. A place that has come to mean a great deal to me, because of the amazing women who are there. During the service I basically had this entire post...
Post a Comment
Read more